Hearing and Vision Itinerent

Job Title

Vision and Hearing Itinerant

Job Summary:

The Vision and Hearing Itinerant Teacher serves students who require educational services due to vision or hearing impairment. The Vision and Hearing Itinerant Teacher addresses the educational, communication, functional, and social/emotional needs of the student and guides the student’s family and school personnel. The Vision Itinerant Teacher travels to multiple buildings to directly serve students and effectively consults with various staff and teams to identify students with visual impairments and address individual student needs.

Qualifications:

Professional Educator License (PEL) or eligible for an appropriate license

Endorsement in Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Visually Impaired

Evaluation:

This job's performance will be evaluated per provisions of the Board’s policy on the Evaluation of Staff.

Reports to:

Building Principal

Terms of Employment:

This is a 9-month position with salary and benefits determined by the Board of Education. The role is part of the Related Services Team and falls under the Related Services agreement.

Compensation and Benefits:

The details of employee compensation and benefits are comprehensively outlined in the Related Service Agreement, a document accessible at the following link: https://www.cusd50.org/page/careers. This agreement is a valuable resource for individuals seeking comprehensive information regarding our organization's remuneration and benefits structure.

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identifies children (birth through age 21) with significant visual or hearing impairments through screenings and/or evaluations.
• Develops and implements each student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) and manages the individual caseload.
• Provides visual interventions through Special Education and the MTSS process using a continuum of service delivery models.
• Supports classroom teachers in implementing each student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) as written and collaborating with colleagues to ensure appropriate modifications or accommodations.
• Communicates the essential questions to clarify the learning goals for each lesson.
• Configures lessons and select instructional strategies with the intent of ensuring that all students can answer a lesson’s essential question by its conclusion
• Assesses student progress toward objectives, expectations, and IEP goals to provide feedback to students, parents, and administration.
• Demonstrates the ability to assess and monitor the students’ skills individually.
• Creates and nurtures supportive, student-centered classroom communities that promote personal empowerment, academic growth, and the social-emotional well-being of all learners.
• Manages student behavior to provide a safe and optimal learning environment.
• Provides students with regular opportunities to collaborate with peers, move with purpose, and experience diverse instructional strategies so that they are physically and intellectually engaged as learners.
• Provides students time to interact with instructional resources and materials thoughtfully and actively to support their comprehension and long-term retention of information.
• Allows students to take an active role in their learning by setting and monitoring individualized goals and processing and reflecting deliberately within lessons
• Incorporates cultural diversity and appreciation within the curriculum.
• Uses technologies appropriately in the teaching/learning process.
• Participates in a professional learning community with various stakeholders, including but not limited to instructional staff, other school personnel, parents, and a variety of community resources, to improve the overall quality of student outcomes and achieve established objectives supporting the school improvement plan.
• Participates in various meetings and professional development activities to convey and/or gather information required to perform functions.
• Assists with the transition from one grade level to the next.
• Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively with parents and the community.
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of functional vision assessments, utilization of Braille devices, and supports transitions within the educational setting while supporting the transference of skills across settings including home and community.
• Provides in-service (formal and informal) for mainstream teachers and other support personnel as appropriate, including suggestions for environmental modifications, preferential seating, communication, understanding of the impact of vision loss, and use of assistive technology or devices.
• Understands characteristics of individuals with disabilities across the age range, including levels of severity, multiple disabilities, and their influence on development, behavior and learning, with knowledge about the impact of language disorders, processing deficits, intellectual abilities, behavioral/emotional/social disorders, and physical (including sensory) disabilities on learning and behavior.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must demonstrate knowledge of laws, rules, and regulations applicable to providing occupational therapy services
• Knowledge of community agencies and referral resources
• Must have excellent planning and organization skills
• Must have the ability to work collaboratively with others
• Must have strong verbal communication skills
• Must model a desire and willingness to learn continually

Physical Demands:

The physical demands of this position include frequent sitting and standing for extended periods. Repetitive bending at the waist and kneeling, stooping, and crouching to assist students are also required. Regularly walk, talk, hear, operate a computer, hand-held learning devices, and other office equipment, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

ADA:

The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. This job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

This job description is intended to describe minimum qualifications, duties, and responsibilities performed by employees assigned to this position and is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The District reserves the right to amend and change the position responsibilities to meet District needs as necessary.